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• Public Employee Unions: The Quiet Crisis Undermining Governance
• A tax on fun? SF charging more for playing in parks
• CalM: Planned Parenthood of California loses $300 million in federal funding under court order
• LAT $: Eaton fire could wipe out California’s $21-billion wildfire fund, documents show
• OCReg: In-N-Out owner Lynsi Snyder addresses ‘In-N-Outta California’ backlash
• CalM: How the GOP budget bill will affect the cost of California health insurance
• SacBee: Would Kamala Harris sail to victory if she runs for California governor?
• From wildfires to foster care: California insurance crisis expands to agencies helping at-risk youth
• LAT $: A Times investigation: As west Altadena burned, L.A. County fire trucks stayed elsewhere
• California AG Rob Bonta says action is coming against online fantasy sports platforms
• LAT $: David Geffen accused of abusing ex in suit alleging paid sex and superyacht drug parties
• LAT $: End of transgender care at Children’s Hospital L.A. signals nationwide shift under Trump
• California cops are breaking surveillance laws. Who’s going to stop them?
• SFC: Garofoli: Trump takes credit for lower egg prices as he sues California over rising costs
• CG: Former Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln Announces Run against Rep. Josh Harder
• LAT $: Erik Menendez seeking release from prison for serious medical condition, attorney says
• SacBee: Immigration arrests in California soar under second Trump term
• OCReg: Sonja Shaw: Don’t let AB 84 shut down school choice in California
• OCReg: In-N-Out follows Californians moving out of California
• LAT $: Barabak: Gavin Newsom is threatening to end-run California voters. It reflects a terrible trend
• CG: Blocking the Sun to Save the Planet? The Climate Cartel Has Officially Lost Its Mind
• OCReg: Gov. Newsom’s new idea is about politics, not housing fixes
• OCReg: There is no justification for the bullet train
• LAT $: Yolo County asks AG to join probe into deadly fireworks explosion over ‘public perception of conflicts’
• SacBee: Sacramento County to redirect funding toward homelessness reduction efforts
• SFC: S.F. supervisor has a plan to protect the city’s small businesses from displacement
• SFC: Mayor Daniel Lurie’s $15.9 billion budget approved amid criticism
• SJMN: Alameda County signs off on Oakland Coliseum sale, cutting ties with A’s
• SJMN: San Jose police union says contentious overtime changes will ‘kneecap’ investigations
• FresBee: Court denies Fresno County appeal. Sheriff and DA elections to move election cycles
• FresBee: Judge blocks plans to build largest Costco in Fresno. How will city respond?
• FresBee: Fresno area school founder charged for using public funds to pay lavish expenses
• CalCoast: San Simeon Community Services District in dire straits
• VCStar $: Oxnard, Hueneme ban nitrous oxide sales at smoke shops
• LAT $: Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority to name a new chief executive
• VOC: Newport Beach City Manager to Retire a Year Early With Large Severance
• VOC: Former Costa Mesa City Manager Alleges Unlawful Firing
• Concerns about conflict lead Temecula school board to seek state audit of governing practices
• SDUT: Will it help? San Diego City Council backs legislation in Sacramento targeting high utility bills
• SDUT: ‘Uncertainty creates paralysis’: San Diego home sales tumble during peak season
• SDUT: ‘I came here to fight back’: Aguirre sworn in as supervisor at festive ceremony with overtures to unions, sewage crisis